This seems likely to have a simple solution but I am having a hard time getting it. How do I convert this string to numeric?
> a <- "1:10"
Desired solution should be
> 1:10
[1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
I have tried as.numeric() (doesn't work), strsplit ":" and getting the end points 1 and 10 (can work but seems clumsy) but is there some simpler way? Thanks.